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In the last lesson, we learned how to make a reservation at a restaurant. If you want to enjoy your meal, the issue of smoking is important. If you are a smoker in a non-smoking area or a non-smoker seated in an area where smoking is allowed, this could ruin your meal.
In this lesson, we'll cover how to ask for a smoking or non-smoking table.
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First we will imagine that you are a smoker. Before entering a restaurant, you need to ask, “Excuse me, is smoking allowed here?”
Unnskyld, er det lov å røykje her?
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Unn-skyld, er det lov å røy-kje her?
Once more:
Unnskyld, er det lov å røykje her?
Unnskyld, as we have seen, means “excuse me.”
(slow) Unn-skyld.
Unnskyld.
We follow this with the phrase er det lov, which altogether means “is it allowed.”
(slow) Er det lov
Er det lov
Next comes å røykje, which means “to smoke.”
(slow) Å røy-kje.
Å røykje.
Lastly, we have the word her, meaning “here.”
(slow) Her.
Her.
Here’s the whole sentence:
Er det lov å røykje her?
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The answer to this question is simple:
Ja, det er lov (“Yes, it's allowed”)
or
Nei, det er ikkje lov (“No, it's not allowed”)
Let’s break those down:
(slow) Ja, det er lov.
Ja, det er lov.
(slow) Nei, det er ik-kje lov.
Nei, det er ikkje lov.
Ja, means “yes.”
The phrase det er lov is simply a reordering of er det lov and turns the question “is it allowed” into the statement “it is allowed”:
(slow) Det er lov.
Det er lov.
In the second sentence, nei, means “no.” Because we want to say it’s not allowed, we need to add the word ikkje, meaning “not” to the phrase, giving “it is not allowed”:
(slow) Det er ik-kje lov.
Det er ikkje lov.

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